After a very early rise to finish getting packed, Cat took the obligatory picture of me by the fairy tree and then she and H took me to the airport.
Both flights were on time and with minimal excitement! I only had to wait about 20 minutes at the luggage area and Katie, Nicole and Ed arrived with smiles.
We walked out of customs and were greeted by over 100 drivers or family members waiting for their passengers. We scanned the area for a sign with our names on it and didn’t see one. Panic started to set in. We had planned our trip through Maria Jesus, a guide my sister had used a few years back with most of our communications thru Facebook Messenger. Although I feel like I have built a great rapport with her over the past 10 months and she seemed to be very organized, she was still an unknown entity and I was a bit concerned that things might have slipped thru the cracks.
At that moment we saw a driver with a sign that said “Nicole”. I got super excited and ran over to him only to find out he was only looking for one person named Nicole who was much older. Again concern crept in and we continued to search for our name on a different sign.
After what only was about 3 minutes but felt like a lifetime, Ricardo Gustavo from Lima VIP walked up to us with a sign that had our names on it and a big smile. I think he was as relieved to find us as we were to find him as he had been waiting for us for 2 hours. We had taken longer to get thru customs than we had anticipated. He was very professional and personable and we shared a few laughs as he drove us to our hotel the Quinde.
The Quinde was clean with large rooms and was perfect for a short nights sleep as it was about 2am before we finally got settled and to bed.
So excited to be here!
Josie Miotke
Nicole, I am so very proud of you and happy to see that big beautiful smile of yours. I am excited to follow you on this journey. Best of luck to you my friend.